[German]Microsoft released the Windows Admin Center as Preview 1910.2 on March 31, 2020. The preview is available for Windows Insider. Here is some information on this topic, which might be of interest for administrators in corporate environments
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Windows Admin Center
The Windows Admin Center is an administration program for Microsoft Windows and Windows Server operating systems. It is designed to simplify and centralize the administration of clients and servers. The Center, which is a web-based graphical user interface, is opened via the Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome Internet browsers. It enables the user to access the server remotely. Microsoft has published this document about the Windows Admin Center veröffentlicht and says:
Windows Admin Center is a locally deployed, browser-based app for managing Windows servers, clusters, hyper-converged infrastructure, as well as Windows 10 PCs. It comes at no additional cost beyond Windows and is ready to use in production.
Help for installation can be found on this Microsoft page. Tips for getting started with the Windows Admin Center can be found on this Microsoft page.
Windows Admin Center Preview 1910.2
In this blog post Brandon LeBlanc has announced Preview 1910.2 for March 31, 2020. This version contains platform accessibility updates and numerous bug fixes. In addition, based on user feedback, some frequently requested features have been implemented.
Files-Tool supports cut, copy und paste
The file tool now supports clipboard operations. When users select a folder or file in the File Tool, they have the option to cut or copy the file or folder.
After the file or folder is cut or copied, the paste option becomes available and a user can paste the file or folder to another path.
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Service restart
When managing computers with the Services tool, there is now the possibility to restart a service. It is no longer necessary to start and stop a service to restart it.
Other new features
Microsoft has introduced additional new functions in the preview. These include the functions listed below:
- Cluster quick update: On the cluster dashboard, updates for connected nodes appear under the Alerts section.
- File upload: If the upload of a large file fails, you can now retry the file upload.
- Virtual machine filters: When viewing a list of VMs with multiple filters applied, the VMs do not disappear after some time.
- Azure Update Management login: Users no longer get a login error when trying to set up Azure Update Management after setting up Azure monitoring
- Active Directory account creation: Microsoft has fixed a bug in Active Directory Domain Services that allowed accounts to be created with passwords that did not meet the complexity requirements.
In addition to the new features and fixes mentioned above, Microsoft is working on improving the user experience (e.g. keyboard navigation improvements). In addition, reported errors related to CredSSP authentication have also been corrected. More details can be found in the blog post.
